Curtate Cycloid
The path traced out by a fixed point at a Radius 
, where 
is the Radius of a rolling Circle,sometimes also called a Contracted Cycloid.
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The Arc Length from
is | (3) |
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is a complete Elliptic Integral of the Second Kind and 
is aJacobi Elliptic Function.See also Cycloid, Prolate Cycloid
References
Cundy, H. and Rollett, A. Mathematical Models, 3rd ed. Stradbroke, England: Tarquin Pub., 1989. Wagon, S. Mathematica in Action. New York: W. H. Freeman, pp. 46-50, 1991.
- R-Estimate
- Restricted Divisor Function
- Restricted Growth Function
- Restricted Growth String
- Resultant
- Retardance
- Reuleaux Polygon
- Reuleaux Triangle
- Reversal
- Reverse Greedy Algorithm
- Reverse-Then-Add Sequence
- Reversion of Series
- Reznik's Identity
- Rhodonea
- Rhomb
- Rhombic Dodecahedral Number
- Rhombic Dodecahedron
- Rhombic Icosahedron
- Rhombicosacron
- Rhombicosahedron
- Rhombicosidodecahedron
- Rhombic Polyhedron
- Rhombic Triacontahedron
- Rhombicuboctahedron
- Rhombidodecadodecahedron